do you watch more of the professional version of your favorite sports when the college season ends, or do you watch the same and just wait for the next college season?
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Wait.do you watch more of the professional version of your favorite sports when the college season ends, or do you watch the same and just wait for the next college season?
Hold on, you post on her, cats and gamecocks fan but watch little basketball? So you watch college fballI watch a lot of CFB, little of the NFL until college is winding down. Watch very little basketball pro or college. Watch no baseball unless it's in person and that's maybe 2 games a year. Watch tennis whenever I can but rarely watch golf unless it's the back 9 on Su day of a major.
Used to be a fanatic about a lot of different sports but takes too much of my time to keep up nowadays. Frankly, the transfer portal that's transforming CFB rosters into a revolving door is starting to sap my enthusiasm for it. Still love the game but all the drama in the off-season is weakening my fanaticism.
I’m mostly a college guy but this is super false. If you watch pro football or bball it’s on another level.There isn't a whole lot of difference between major college and pro these days with big NIL deals. That being said, I watch a lot of both pro and college football. I watch very little college basketball which I used to never miss. One and done ruined it for me. I do watch some pro basketball mostly because I am in a fantasy league. No baseball.
I mostly just used to watch the NBA playoffs and keep up with UK guys in the box scores. Then back when the Warriors were first starting to get good, one of my coworkers asked me if I was going to watch the Spurs v Warriors. I told him I didn't watch much NBA outside of the playoffs, and he said that if I didn't have anything else to do, to watch the first quarter and let him know what I thought. So I watched the first quarter, the second quarter, the third and fourth quarter with the game ending (IIRC) on a long Steph Curry three at the buzzer. It was head spinning basketball and I've been hooked ever since. The amount of talent around the league is ridiculous and even during a long season, it keeps me tuning in and combined with the poor officiating and quality of play in the college game, it gets the vast majority of my basketball watching.Nows kind of the time I pick up the NBA. But I will admit the NBA is getting a little better for the regular season, and I think the MLB is making tremendous moves to garner attention too... but it's still too difficult to tune in for regular season play.. especially when my teams blow.
I meant the attitudes/actions of the players not the skill level. College athletes are much more mercenary than in the past. They become free agents multiple times a year when the transfer portals open and then can chase bigger NIL guarantees. I am not saying that I blame them; only that the college game has changed due to money.I’m mostly a college guy but this is super false. If you watch pro football or bball it’s on another level.
My kids have very limited interest in college sports because the players/teams simply aren’t as good as the pros. Hard to argue to be honest.Sports are a weird thing. It's the only form of entertainment in which a large subsection of fans enjoy a lesser product more than the greater product. Can you imagine if people wanted to listen to a singer from America's Got Talent more than Adelle, or preferred going to their local play with Doc Brown in the lead role over seeing Jack Nicholson's latest movie? That's the college sports vs. pro sports debate in a nutshell. I can still find ways to enjoy both, but I never understood the "just college" fan.
My kids have very limited interest in college sports because the players/teams simply aren’t as good as the pros. Hard to argue to be honest.
One of the most entertaining basketball games I have seen was a middle school game that had a few future small college players. Not sure talent makes for better when it comes to the entertainment value of a some sports. The end of NBA games is ridiculous. The league wants to make games never out of reach. It sucks, IMO.Sports are a weird thing. It's the only form of entertainment in which a large subsection of fans enjoy a lesser product more than the greater product. Can you imagine if people wanted to listen to a singer from America's Got Talent more than Adelle, or preferred going to their local play with Doc Brown in the lead role over seeing Jack Nicholson's latest movie? That's the college sports vs. pro sports debate in a nutshell. I can still find ways to enjoy both, but I never understood the "just college" fan.
Most college football and basketball teams have knelt at one time or another, so what are you going to do now? Sounds like you have some decisions to make.98% college sports only.
Absolutely no NFL. Haven't watched a minute since the kneeling thing.
I mostly just used to watch the NBA playoffs and keep up with UK guys in the box scores. Then back when the Warriors were first starting to get good, one of my coworkers asked me if I was going to watch the Spurs v Warriors. I told him I didn't watch much NBA outside of the playoffs, and he said that if I didn't have anything else to do, to watch the first quarter and let him know what I thought. So I watched the first quarter, the second quarter, the third and fourth quarter with the game ending (IIRC) on a long Steph Curry three at the buzzer. It was head spinning basketball and I've been hooked ever since. The amount of talent around the league is ridiculous and even during a long season, it keeps me tuning in and combined with the poor officiating and quality of play in the college game, it gets the vast majority of my basketball watching.
Avid fan/attendee/viewer of:
PGA
MLB
NCAA Football
NCAA Hoops
NFL
The NBA died in the late 90's. The "better product" label that you see floating around about the current NBA is a farce. If shooting half of your shots from 3P at that level equates to a better product, then I am missing out. Throw in the culture, the politics, load management, etc....and that product has a lot of work to do.
To be fair a lot of us only have so much time, I can't watch a bunch of football games on Saturday then turn around and spend all Sunday watching the NFL. Just got better things to do.Sports are a weird thing. It's the only form of entertainment in which a large subsection of fans enjoy a lesser product more than the greater product. Can you imagine if people wanted to listen to a singer from America's Got Talent more than Adelle, or preferred going to their local play with Doc Brown in the lead role over seeing Jack Nicholson's latest movie? That's the college sports vs. pro sports debate in a nutshell. I can still find ways to enjoy both, but I never understood the "just college" fan.
Back in the early days of Sunday Ticket, years ago, I had DTV and had it for about three years. I don’t bet. I just liked sports. I realized that I wanted to watch a lot of college football, because I enjoy it more. My wife attempts to like UK football for me. She enjoys going to the stadium, but not watching on TV so much. So, rather than just being plopped in front of the tube for the whole weekend, I picked Saturdays. And, recording the games makes it easier to watch and still get things done. I gave up my season tix this year. So, my weekends will not be as dominated.To be fair a lot of us only have so much time, I can't watch a bunch of football games on Saturday then turn around and spend all Sunday watching the NFL. Just got better things to do.
I would watch maybe 1/3 of the sports I do watch if it weren't for DVR, almost every golf tournament and Reds game I tape and run through it at double time, I still have season tix to UK football and baseball, and I enjoy the live events, but hard for me to sit and watch a sports event on TV for 3 hours or more. Would rather read, play golf, talk to wife with a glass of wine in hand, or about 100 other things.Back in the early days of Sunday Ticket, years ago, I had DTV and had it for about three years. I don’t bet. I just liked sports. I realized that I wanted to watch a lot of college football, because I enjoy it more. My wife attempts to like UK football for me. She enjoys going to the stadium, but not watching on TV so much. So, rather than just being plopped in front of the tube for the whole weekend, I picked Saturdays. And, recording the games makes it easier to watch and still get things done. I gave up my season tix this year. So, my weekends will not be as dominated.
I don't know of any college programs who have "Black Lives Matter" printed across their courts/fields and on their uniforms.Most college football and basketball teams have knelt at one time or another, so what are you going to do now? Sounds like you have some decisions to make.